A woman has changed her life of alcoholism and depression and become a qualified doctor. Jo Barton, 32, who lives in Sawbridgeworth, Essex, left school in Harlow at the age of 14 without any GCSE's or qualifications to her name. She then entered a 'pit of depression' where she drank on a daily basis and descended into being a 'nightmare teen'. But she has since turned her life around and become a fully qualified doctor. 'We didn't have my mum about as she was in the hospital being sectioned,' explained Ms Barton. 'My teenage years are where it all went wrong really. I left school at 14, halfway through year 10, and I ended up skipping a lot and I wasn't living at home. 'I got into alcohol at an early age - about 13 - and I was drinking every single day. I think I was probably depressed but I didn't know it at the time.

Trump said it would be 'inappropriate' to hold talks at this time after the Kim regime again tested the limits of his patience. North Korea's vice foreign minister has slammed Vice President Mike Pence for his 'unbridled and impudent remarks that North Korea might end like Libya'. Choe Son Hui also said the future of the summit between Pyongyang and Washington is 'entirely' up to the United States, as she condemned Pence's interview with Fox News.

More than 70 areas (those marked left in darker blue) of Britain have seen a surge in numbers of foreign-born migrants, new data revealing the changing face of Britain shows today. In some parts of the country the number of foreign-born people has soared by as much as 10-fold. Boston in Lincolnshire is the most changed place in Britain between 2007 and 2017. Many of the places with the biggest change were also the most strongly supportive of Brexit. Today's data from the Office for National Statistics also reveals there are more Romanians living in Britain than Irish for the first time (pictured bottom right is how the number of EU citizens in Britain has changed). And the population in parts of London (the data is shown top right) is due to expand by nearly a fifth over a decade as immigration helps push England's population to 58.5million.

Morgan Freeman has apologized after being accused of widespread sexual harassment and inappropriate behavior, saying that he never intended to make 'anyone feel disrespected or uncomfortable'. In a statement on Thursday morning, the 80-year-old told DailyMail.com: 'Anyone who knows me or has worked with me knows I am not someone who would intentionally offend or knowingly make anyone feel uneasy. 'I apologize to anyone who felt uncomfortable or disrespected - that was never my intent.' It came after a damning piece was published by CNN detailing allegations of misconduct by eight different women. They included claims including those of a young production assistant who alleges Freeman, 80, tried to lift up her skirt repeatedly in 2015. Only one woman who claims to have been mistreated by him was named. She is Chloe Melas, the CNN reporter who wrote the article who claims Freeman called her 'ripe' and told her: 'Boy I want to be there' as she interviewed him while six months pregnant in 2017.

Zak Bolland (top right), 23, David Worrall, 26, and Courtney Brierley (also top right), 20, had been on trial accused of murdering the young siblings in Manchester, last December. Brierley, 20, was found guilty of four counts of manslaughter over the deaths of the children following the incident. Worrall and Brierley broke down in tears as the verdicts were read out in court. Bolland blinked and looked down to the floor. On December 11 two petrol bombs were thrown into the home (bottom right) in Walkden, Manchester, at 5am, killing Demi Pearson, 15, and her siblings Brandon, eight, Lacie, seven, and three-year-old Lia (the latter three are pictured, left). Their mother Michelle (bottom left), 36, was also rescued but remains seriously ill in hospital.

A teenager has revealed how he bought his dream home at the age of just 18. Aaron Thompson moved into his new build home in Lutterworth, Leicestershire, in March. Mr Thompson, who is now 19, survived on around £70 a week and used the Help To Buy scheme to purchase the £230,000 home with his girlfriend Jessica King, 21. He said despite earning 'bog standard money' in his job as a trainee electrician as well as keeping his gym membership and phone contract and going out with friends, he was able to get a foot on the property ladder.

NANNY KILLERS GUILTY

French au pair Sophie Lionnet (centre, two days before her death, and, top right, before her ordeal) was waterboarded and beaten to death at the south London home of Sabrina Kouider (top left) and her partner Ouissem Medouni (bottom left) after she was put through bizarre 'interrogations' by the paranoid pair. The couple were convicted of murder today following a disturbing trial at the Old Bailey. Speaking after the verdicts, Sophie's mother Catherine Devallonne (inset) said in a statement: 'These monsters repeatedly beat Sophie. They starved her, tortured her and broke her until she could no longer fight'.

Sabrina Kouider, 35, was today convicted of murdering 21-year-old Sophie Lionnet with the help of her boyfriend Ouissem Medouni (pictured together, left, after they met). The trial has heard how Kouider (right) mistakenly convinced herself her nanny was in league with her ex, Boyzone founding member Mark Walton (inset), and interrogated the au pair for information, ultimately killing her. Kouider's ex-boyfriend, Anthony Francois, described her as 'fickle' and a 'lunatic' who would lie, manipulate and target the weak.

A family friend said that Chelsy Davy, 32, was in 'tears' during a phone call to Prince Harry ahead of his wedding with the former couple acknowledging that he was 'moving on'. The 32-year-old, who dated the prince from 2003 to 2010, attended the ceremony of Meghan Markle's wedding to Prince Harry on Saturday, however she did not receive an invite to the reception at Frogmore House. Pictured: Chelsy at the ceremony (left) with Prince Harry in 2008 (inset) and Harry with bride Meghan on Saturday (right).

Flight MH17 was headed from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur when it was shot down by a BUK missile over eastern Ukraine on July 17, 2014, killing all 298 passengers and crew. The team of investigators have now been able to link the missile found in the wreckage of the downed jet (right) to a Russian military unit which was operating within Ukraine at the time. This thanks to the rocket's unique serial number (inset) and careful analysis of video and photos from social media tracing the journey of the Russian missile convoy (left) into Ukraine which identified the missile launcher system.

Emile Cilliers, 38, (inset) showed no emotion as he was convicted unanimously of the attempted murder of Victoria Cilliers (pictured together) after a retrial at Winchester Crown Court. 'Cold, calculating and callous' Cilliers first tried to gas his wife Victoria with their children in the house but the smell alerted her to the danger and she later jokingly texted him to say: 'Are you trying to kill me?!'. Three days later he suggested his wife, an experienced parachutist (top right circled), go skydiving over Easter weekend and then sabotaged her kit on the eve of her 4,000ft jump at Netheravon Airfield, Wiltshire. The father-of-six, who the prosecution called a 'charmless unfaithful penniless scoundrel', was also sleeping with his ex-wife Carly (below right), Mrs Cilliers and a Tinder lover named Stefanie Goller (bottom right). The sex mad soldier, described as a 'boobaholic' by his wife, also contacted prostitutes about meeting up on the proviso sex was unprotected and he could film the liaison - but cancelled after they tried to charge £60 instead of £50. His first six-week trial collapsed last year when the jury couldn't reach a verdict after his wife became a 'hostile witness' and admitted she had lied to police about her husband to 'get her own back'.

Candidates for exotic sun-soaked holidays usually include the likes of the Mediterranean, the South Pacific and the Indian Ocean. But beautiful beaches, turquoise waters and jungle-like waterfalls, it turns out, lie in the most unexpected of places, as these pictures prove. Can you guess where they are?

British campaign group Let Clothes Be Clothes slammed the way the tops were labelled, commenting 'Plus pink = girls?' Other parents were also quick to react, suggesting the tops should be labelled 'kids'.

Not many people find cleaning enjoyable, but sadly it's something everyone has to do. Luckily a cleaning expert has revealed the best way to clean your entire home. Holly Dhillon-Taylor, 27, runs her business Miss Clutter Bug from Auckland where she helps people completely change their home. Now she has shared with FEMAIL her top tips to help people a re-order their entire home - from linen cupboard to pantry (before and after pictured), bathroom and bedroom.

INSIDE HARRY AND MEGHAN'S WEDDING

Today's event was attended by a host of royals including Prince Edward, who is trustee of the DofE awards, with Prince Philip having officially retired from public duties last autumn. This morning Edward, 54, was accompanied by wife Sophie and niece Princess Beatrice. And on Thursday afternoon he was joined by the Duke of Cambridge and Princess Eugenie.

After Prince Harry opened the door to a sky blue electric Jaguar for his bride ready to whisk her to their evening reception, the new Duchess of Sussex leaned over the driver's seat to open his, in turn.

James Horan (pictured), 27, thought he had found the perfect spot to leave his silver Kia while working at his office in Manchester, near Piccadilly station. A stretch of the street has just enough space between two sets of double yellow lines for two cars to park, seemingly for free, as there are no other parking restriction signs.

Nature photographer Dhritiman Mukherjee, 43, watched as the leopards sat together on a mountain for around 12 hours during the day, before becoming active and climbing around the rocks. He said: 'I was following the mother and her cub for an entire day and was amazed by their smart approach to tackling the terrain and that rugged environment. I tried to capture the intelligence of the animal and how comfortably it blended into the terrain in my photographs. After sitting for 12 hours in the daytime, this pair began to move around, and I got to witness some fantastic moments.' Can you spot the mother and her cute cub clambering across the rocks?

Dorothy Smith was left lying in the street for almost three hours after a fall in Boston Lincolnshire. East Midlands Ambulance Service has apologised to Mrs Smith for any 'distress' that was caused to her.

Two teenage boys who hero-worshipped the Columbine killers have been found guilty of plotting to massacre students and teachers at their school. The teenagers had planned to 'shoot up' their school in Northallerton, North Yorkshire. The judge, Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb, told the pair they will be sentenced at a later date when she has considered reports about them both.

The Instagram account 70sads features some of the most memorable products of the decade, and it's probably best that many of them have been left behind in another era. Clockwise from top left: An avocado print bikini, swapping books for vodka, musical wizardry; a rather embarrassing pillow, a sexist lipgloss promo and a bizarre suit ad.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT. The crash, which occurred about 40 miles (60 kilometres) from Budapest, Hungary, claimed the lives of eight Romanian foreign workers, and their driver - also a Romanian - who was taking them home. Harrowing video footage shows the passengers in the minibus listening to loud Romanian music, before it is cut off about one second before the moment of the impact, as the driver throws the phone to one side in a desperate bid to avoid a head-on collision. The mother of two brothers who lost their lives in the accident, Angelica Dumitru, said: 'I had two boys in the car and one daughter-in-law. Now they are dead and their children can't stop crying. They went abroad to earn some money, to provide a better life for the family. They also started building a home and were gathering money for the construction. Now they will never finish it.'

May Barraclough refused to leave her 79-year-old husband James' side at St George's Hospital in South London. Viewers said they were 'in bits' over the couple's 'true love' after learning James later died.

Locals in the badly effected Puna district fear the fiery river of molten rock could overcome Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV),which they have warned for decades was a disaster waiting to happen. And as aerial photos showed the lava flow looming closer to the perimeter of the Puna Geothermal Venture (PGV) plant, engineers worked into the night on Tuesday to cap the 11th and final well, which provides about 25 percent of the Big Island's power. As of Wednesday night, lava had poured over warehouses just outside the plant and was about 100 yards from the facility as officials feared it could trigger the release of deadly hydrogen sulfate gas.

Valtonyc, who recently told concertgoers 'kill a f**king Civil Guard (police) officer tonight', was found guilty of writing offensive lyrics about the king back in 2012. Spain has launched a manhunt for the rapper.

Video footage has emerged of a woman appearing to act bizarrely while behind the wheel of a council-owned vehicle outside a primary school. Footage uploaded to social media shows the driver singing, dancing, sticking her tongue out and gesturing to music. The clip was recorded outside California Primary School in Falkirk, Scotland and shared by concerned parents

The 47-year-old discussed the devastating impact of the tragedy in a new interview with ITV's Tonight programme, obtained by The Sun , to mark the 70th anniversary of the NHS. Amanda was fast approaching her due date with her son when she was given the devastating news that Theo's heart had stopped beating.A year before, she had miscarried a little boy at 16 weeks. In an interview about that time, she said: 'It was without doubt the blackest period of my life.

British celebrity parents have been showing off their little ones' very lavish nurseries on Instagram with accessories that go way beyond a changing table and a stack of teddy bears. Clockwise from top left: Rochelle and Marvin Humes' daughters have their own personalised teepee; Emma McVey and her son Chester with his ball pit: Amir Khan's daughter in her crown cot; Danielle Lloyd's son and his toybox; Amy Childs with Polly's mini throne and Katherine Jenkins' daughter's fairytale room.

Unspoiled Lamorna Cove (inset), Cornwall- one of the last remaining bays in private ownership - is best known for the post-impressionist artists who formed a Bohemian community there in the early 1900s. Now the cove spanning about 15.75 acres along with its commercial car parks and restaurant is for sale in three lots with a total price tag of £2.6million. Cliff Cottage (left) is also going up for sale separately for £695,000.

Paul Cook, 45, was visiting Littlewood, Stokenchurch when he was drunk and fell over while using the toilet in the bathroom. He died when his neck landed on the rim of the bath, an inquest heard today.

Madison Witham, from LaGrange, Indiana, has shared photos on Twitter of the gown which her ex-boyfriend said made her 'look like a slut' (pictured left and right) and revealed she's no longer going to the ball (pictured inset top). She made headlines earlier this month after publicly dumping Justice Champion (pictured inset bottom), 19, when he told her she looked 'like a slut' in her dress and accused her of showing too much skin.

A thrillseeking cat was seen riding atop a van going 60mph along a Nebraska highway on Friday. Footage of the shocking moment shows the feline, appropriately named Rebel, desperately clinging to the car roof as the van zooms down the road. Ronda Rankin, who shared the clip to her Facebook said it took a while for the passengers in the van to understand what was happening before they pulled over to save the pet.

The video shows the animal moments after being released into the streets during the traditional 'bou al carrer' bull run in Villareal, Spain. In the footage, the bull is seen struggling to its feet and taking a few steps before its legs give way and it slams into the floor. The tormented animal then slams its horns repeatedly into the road, before a couple of spectators intervene and drag the bull to its feet by its tail. Moments later, the bull collapses again, unable to support its own weight. Tauromaquia Es Violencia (Bullfighting Is Violence) is now calling for all forms of bullfighting to be banned and will march through Madrid this Sunday. Organisers hope to rally more than 30,000 protesters from 180 activist groups.

Jenna Hurst, 26, from Grimsby, Lincolnshire, saw her weight to balloon to 17st 7lbs thanks to her junk food 'addiction'. But after she took an unflattering pic in her underwear she vowed to lose weight.

A mystery sea creature was found washed up on a British beach - baffling experts as to what it may be. The five-ft long carcass of the alien-like creature was discovered washed up on Rhossili Beach, Gower, by dog walker Beth Jannetta, 41. Ms Janetta snapped the mystery monster - which has a long head, giant jawline and slender tail - and passed on her pictures to experts - who are unable to identify the creature.

A massive fire sent huge plumes of black smoke billowing after a chemical factory caught fire in south of Shanghai at 2:10pm on Wednesday. The fire was put out after two hours and no injuries were reported.

A visit to one of the world's largest cave chambers could feel like a journey into the unknown. Located in the mountainous region of Ziyun county in Guizhou, southern China, the huge Miao Room cavern measures 380.7 million cubic feet in volume. It is the largest cave in the world by volume and ranked second largest in surface area. A joint 19-day caving expedition named 'Pearl' kicked off on April 11 by explorers and scientists from China and France.

In the adorable video filmed in the US three children show off their super hero moves while dressed as their favourite characters from the Transformer robot franchise. The first child is dressed in blue and red as Optimus Prime - the programme's protagonist and hero who is capable of turning into a Freightliner FL86 truck. The second child, dressed as Superion Maximus - a robot who turns into a jet plane - struts around to the right. A third child is dressed as Bumblebee, a small yellow Autobot who can change into a Chevrolet muscle car.

Casting a shadow on their human companions, looking at these big beasts might inspire a shrinking feeling. MailOnline Travel has scoured the world for a range of super-sized animals, from giant sunfish in Portugal (bottom right) to great white sharks in Mexico (top left). In New York state, Jim Kowalczik is dwarfed by his domesticated Kodiak bear Jimbo, who stands at 9ft tall and weighs over 1,400lbs (bottom left). Meanwhile, in Australia Cassius Clay is the biggest captive crocodile in the world, measuring 18ft in length and weighing a scale-busting 2,200lbs (inset). Another large reptile is the giant anaconda, which has been verified to grow up to 17.1ft long and weigh 215lbs (top right).

One of Royal Caribbean's most popular cruise ships - Independence of the Seas - has undergone a multi-million pound makeover and is now decked out with attractions perfect for children. And new footage has emerged of 100 youngsters operating in a parent-free zone and being given free reign to put the stunning features to the ultimate test. The pack were unleashed onboard in order to film their experiences on GoPros. Independence of the Seas' top deck now features a colourful playground, complete with water flumes, swimming pools, a rock climbing wall and surf simulator.